Conformational entropy effects on the desorption kinetics of polyethers from graphite

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 9799-9809

  Paserba, Kris R ^a   Vaidyanathan, Nithya ^a   Gellman, Andrew J ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL ENTROPY EFFECT; DESORPTION KINETICS; OLIGOMER CHAIN;

ADSORPTION; CONFORMATIONS; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATE CONSTANTS;

TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION;

EID: 0037059163     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la026049v     Document Type: Article

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